Vance-Backed Prescription Drug Database Bill Moves Out of Committee

Vance-backed prescription drug database bill moves out of committee
Pat Vance, R-Cumberland County, who says abuse and addiction related to prescription drugs is the leading cause of drug overdoses. Vance further said 80 percent of people who become addicted to heroin first abused prescription drugs, often painkillers …
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Community partnerships effective in battle with addiction's root cause
As a rural state, we face unique challenges in our efforts to curb drug abuse and the effects it has on our citizens. We do not have the luxury of the vast resources that exist in urban cities or suburban regions, so to be effective we must pool our …
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VIDEO: Recovering drug addicts and parents share painful lessons, hope
On Tuesday night, recovering addicts and others touched by drug abuse spoke to students from both district high schools about the pain addiction can cause. Teens, district officials and parents packed the John Jay Senior High School auditorium. Suzanne …
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